September Ratings

(as of 9/19)

I’ve been doing these monthly/bi-monthly ratings since 1983. There are 3 criteria I use to rate fighters:

• Quality of Opposition

• Performance

• Activity

I am not ranking the best from 1 to 10; rather, this is to see who deserves a title shot.

Some mistakingly think the Champion in each division is the guy who I think is the best. This is not the case. There are 2 criteria by which I determine Champions: the 1st is lineage (The Man who beat The Maan who beat The Man); and the 2nd is defeating another fighter also ranked in the top 3 in the division.

“Inactive List” is for fighters who have not fought in 6 or more months. It may mean that he is or will be dropping in the ratings due to his inactivity. It is unfair to other fighters for a guy to sit on his rating. If a fighter has a fight scheduled or is injured, I try to take this into consideration.



** 2014 Note:

Listing the various world body titles was never an endorsement. Rather, I felt it was a useful guide to see which of the titles held any legitimacy if one could see where the fighters who held them were ranked.

But it has become so absolutely ridiculous, what with garbage like "interim champion" and "world champion in recess." It's beyond absurd the lengths these parasitic organizations will go to to collect more and more sanctioning fees. Gotta pay for those conventions in exotic locales.

There is only one real World Champion per division and always has been. It's only the determining criteria that causes differences of opinion here.

So I'm done tracking all of that nonsense. Who gives a crap who these cancerous groups rank or allow into a title fight? Their relationship with which promoter is usually the answer anyway.

Besides anyone who wants to can go to the websites if these parasitic organizations and see their laughable ratings. But, really, who the hell would want to?



Heavyweights (over 200 lbs)

Champion: Wladimir Klitschko

1. Deontay Wilder
2. Tyson Fury
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Vyacheslav Glazkov
5. Bryant Jennings
6. Bermane Stiverne
7. Artur Szpilka
8. Erkan Teper
9. Mairis Briedis
10. Andy Ruiz

out: Ortiz-displaced
Inactive List: Jennings, Stiverne

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Krzysztof Glowacki

1. Grigory Drozd
2. Marco Huck
3. Ilunga Makabu
4. Denis Lebedev
5. Dmitry Kudryashov
6. Rakhim Chakhkiev
7. Victor Ramirez
8. William Bezerra
9. Johnny Muller
10. Tony Bellew

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: Sergey Kovalev

1. Adonis Stevenson
2. Andrzej Fonfara
3. Artur Beterbiev
4. Jürgen Brähmer
5. Marcus Browne
6. Isaac Chilemba
7. Eleider Alvarez
8. Thomas Oosthuizen
9. Erik Skoglund
10. Yunieski Gonzalez

out: Karpency-lost

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: Andre Ward

1. Arthur Abraham
2. Badou Jack
3. James DeGale
4. Anthony Dirrell
5. Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez
6. Fedor Chudinov
7. Rogelio Medina
8. Dilmurod Satybaldiev
9. Jessie Hart
10. Patrick Nielsen

out: Dunn-displaced

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: Miguel Cotto

1. Gennady Golovkin
2. David Lemieux
3. Daniel Jacobs
4. Andy Lee
5. Peter Quillin
6. Sergio Mora
7. Hugo Centeno
8. Arif Magomedov
9. Billy Joe Saunders
10. Chris Eubank

Inactive List: Eubank

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: Saul Alvarez

1. Erislandy Lara
2. Jermall Charlo
3. Jermell Charlo
4. Vanes Matirosyan
5. Julian Williams
6. Austin Trout
7. Willie Nelson
8. Ramon Alvarez
9. Joshua Clottey
10. Brandon Cook

out: Bundrage—lost, Jones-lost

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Danny Garcia
3. Kell Brook
4. Tim Bradley
5. Amir Khan
6. Shawn Porter
7. Keith Thurman
8. Jessie Vargas
9. Sadam Ali
10. Brandon Rios

out: Mayweather—retired, Berto-lost
Inactive List: Ali

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Lucas Matthysee
2. Terrence Crawford
3. Ruslan Provodnikov
4. Mauricio Herrera
5. Viktor Postol
6. Lamont Peterson
7. Humberto Soto
8. Felix Diaz
9. Rances Barthelemy
10. Michele Di Rocco

out: Garcia-moved up
Inactive List: Provodnikov

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Omar Figueroa
2. Mickey Bey
3. Ray Beltran
4. Dejan Zlaticanin
5. Ricky Burns
6. Miguel Vazquez
7. Jorge Linares
8. Malcolm Klassen
9. Diego Magdaleno
10. Luke Campbell

out: Gamboa-inactive

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Miguel Roman
2. Takashi Miura
3. Roman Martinez
4. Francisco Vargas
5. Romain Jacob
6. Orlando Salido
7. Javier Fortuna
8. Stephen Smith
9. Takashi Uchiyama
10. Bryan Vasquez

out: Pedraza-displaced, Hunter-displaced
Inactive List: Jacob

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: Nicholas Walters

1. Vasyl Lomachenko
2. Leo Santa Cruz
3. Abner Mares
4. Gary Russell
5. Lee Selby
6. Evgeny Gradovich
7. Jesus Cuellar
8. Marvin Sonsona
9. Luis Rosa
10. Robinson Castellanos

out: Vetyeka-inactive
Inactive List: Russell, Castellanos

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1. Carl Frampton
2. Scott Quigg
3. Julio Ceja
4. Hisashi Amagasa
5. Tyson Cave
6. Moises Fuentes
7. Cesar Juarez
8. Andres Gutierrez
9. Genesis Servannia
10. Jessie Magdaleno

out: Santa Cruz-moved up
Inactive List: Servannia

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: James McDonnell

1. Tomoki Kameda
2. Shinsuke Yamanaka
3. Juan Carlos Payano
4. Liborio Solis
5. Anselmo Moreno
6. Pungluang Sor Singyu
7. Victor Ruiz
8. Lee Haskins
9. Rodrigo Guererro
10. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai

out: H Ruiz-moved up

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Carlos Cuadras

1. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
2. Zolani Tete
3. McJoe Arroyo
4. Naoya Inoue
5. Kohei Kono
6. Ryo Matsumoto
7. Norberto Jimenez
8. Felipe Orucuta
9. Lwandile Sityatha
10. Toshiyuki Igarashi

out: none
Inactive List: Inoue

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: Roman Gonzalez

1. Juan Francisco Estrada
2. Amnat Ruenroeng
3. Kazuto Ioka
4. Giovani Segura
5. Juan Carlos Reveco
6. Zou Shiming
7. John Riel Casimero
8. Moises Fuentes
9. Vincent Legrand
10. Nawaphon Por Chokchai

out: none
Inactive List: Shiming

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Donnie Nietes
2. Pedro Guevara
3. Javier Mendoza
4. Ryoichi Taguchi
5. Milan Melindo
6. Ganigan Lopez
7. Saul Juarez
8. Rey Loreto
9. Francisco Rodriguez
10. Hector Flores

out: Petalcorin-displaced
Inactive List: Loreto

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Hekkie Budler
2. Katsunari Takayama
3. Wanheng Menayothin
4. Knockout CP Freshmart
5. Carlos Buitrago
6. Kosei Tanaka
7. Xiong Zhan Zhong
8. Julian Yedras
9. Ricardo Perez
10. Raul Garcia

out: none
Inactive List: Buitrago, Garcia

World Champions:  11 (of 17)


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